Information 2.0

By Isto Huvila, 5 June, 2007
The 2.0 is definitely everywhere. Swedish Library Association organised in May 23-25 their annual meeting. Theme was a 2.0 concept Library 2.0 (Bibliotek 2.0) originally coined by Michael Casey in autumn 2005. Like the original World Wide Web itself (or web 1.0 in 2.0 jargon), the emergence and increasing availability of 2.0 technologies are having a significant effect on the information business in libraries and beyond in all other information and knowledge based organisations. The eventual changes are related to the technologies, but it seems that they are related even more to the changes in attitudes and preferences, and in the culture of information use and provision. The 2.0 might have a potential to affect not only the organisations or services (such as libraries), but also the interaction between organisations and there stakeholders.

Latest Publications

Perspectives on Paradata: Research and Practice of Documenting Data Processes
Huvila, I. ., Andersson, L. ., & Sköld, O. . (Eds.). (2024). Perspectives on Paradata: Research and Practice of Documenting Data Processes. Cham: Springer. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53946-6
An Introduction to Paradata
Andersson, L. ., Huvila, I. ., & Sköld, O. . (2024). An Introduction to Paradata. In I. . Huvila, L. . Andersson, & O. . Sköld (Eds.) (Vol. 13, pp. 1–14). Cham: Springer. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53946-6_1
Dokumentation av arkeologiska arbetsprocesser underlättar framtida återanvändning av forsknings- och undersökningsdata: CAPTURE-projektet
Huvila, I. ., Juneström, A. ., Kaiser, J. ., & Sköld, O. . (2024). Dokumentation av arkeologiska arbetsprocesser underlättar framtida återanvändning av forsknings- och undersökningsdata: CAPTURE-projektet. Gjallarhorn, 43, 28–32.
Introduction: Information Matters Special Issue on Collaborative Interpretation
Huvila, I. ., c, M. ., Chen, A. ., Chassanoff, A. ., & Hodges, J. . (2024). Introduction: Information Matters Special Issue on Collaborative Interpretation. Rochester, NY. http://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4865526 (Original work published 2024)
Concluding Discussion: Paradata for Information and Knowledge Management
Huvila, I. ., Andersson, L. ., & Sköld, O. . (2024). Concluding Discussion: Paradata for Information and Knowledge Management. In I. . Huvila, L. . Andersson, & O. . Sköld (Eds.) (pp. 249–264). Cham: Springer International Publishing. http://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53946-6_14

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Isto Huvila

(né Isto Vatanen)  
Professor in  
Information Studies  
Department of ALM  
Uppsala University

Docent (adjunct professor) in information management  
Information studies  
Åbo Akademi University

Isto Huvila is working on management and organisation of what we know and how we know in contexts ranging from social media to more traditional arenas of learning and working. My special areas of expertise are organisational information, social media, health, archives, libraries, museums and cultural heritage.

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